Published in the The Observer, the piece reflects on meeting Lou, working with him, and how it feels to know we've lost him. "He didn't suffer fools gladly," Tucker wrote. "That's just the way he was, but he was also incredibly encouraging and generous. He was a good friend through everything. We had this brother-sister type relationship in the group, and it lasted long after the group split." Check out the full text here.

Tucker, who went on to put out some noteworthy ramshackle-pop solo efforts (including 1982's Playin' Possum and 1989's Life in Exile After Abdication), has mostly stayed out of the limelight since her VU years. A couple of days after Reed's death, she reminisced about him to The Daily Beast, saying, "Lou and I had a special friendship."